On Sun, 15 May 2011 15:47:27 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 01:43:15PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > > On Wed, 4 May 2011 23:51:19 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> > > wrote: > > > #define VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX 29 > > > +/* The Host publishes the avail index for which it expects a kick > > > + * at the end of the used ring. Guest should ignore the used->flags > > > field. */ > > > +#define VIRTIO_RING_F_AVAIL_EVENT_IDX 32 > > > > Are you really sure we want to separate the two? Seems a little simpler > > to have one bit to mean "we're publishing our threshold". For someone > > implementing this from scratch, it's a little simpler. > > > > Or are there cases where the old style makes more sense? > > > > Thanks, > > Rusty. > > Hmm, it makes debugging easier as each side can disable > publishing separately - I used it all the time when I saw > e.g. networking stuck to guess whether I need to investigate the > interrupt or the exit handling. > > But I'm not hung up on this. > > Let me know pls.
If we combine them into one, then these patches no longer depend on the feature bit expansion, which is worthwhile (though I'll take both). Thanks, Rusty. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
